The microbial challenge : science, disease, and public heatlh

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krasner, Robert I. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Massachusetts : Jones and Bartlett Publishers , c2010
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Identifying the challenge
  • 2. The microbial world
  • 3. The beneficial aspects of microbes : the other side of the coin
  • 4. Bacteria
  • 5. Viruses
  • 6. Bacterial genetics
  • 7. Concepts of microbial disease
  • 8. Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease
  • 9. Bacterial diseases
  • 10. Viral diseases
  • 11. Protozoans and helminths and the diseases they cause
  • 12. The immune response
  • 13. Control of microbial diseases
  • 14. Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases
  • 15. Biological weapons
  • 16. Current plagues
  • 17. The unfinished agenda